Tag Archives: Open Source

A few years ago I installed OpenBiblio on one of my websites to keep tab of all my books. I wrote a Perl script that uses a book’s ISBN number to retrieve the bibliographic information from Amazon and then enter the book into my library. I can now search all my books as well my DVDs and I have a complete list for insurance purposes. Also, now if someone wants to borrow a book, I can check it out and know who borrowed what and when.Continue reading →

My New Book

Learn how to create your very own rich and intuitive JavaScript data visualizations using jqPlot

The Problem

We are all flooded with data from social media, website analytics, and e-commerce conversions. Data visualization is the new, hip thing to do and that’s why your boss is asking you to compile mounds of data, and make it easy to analyze.

That’s where Learning jqPlot comes in. I walk you through compiling the data and presenting it in different ways, and give tips on the best ways to visualize different data sets.